Enumerate Appellate Authorities under Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Appellate Authorities under TRAI Act An Appellate Tribunal, known as Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), has been established by the Central Government to adjudicate any dispute between a licensor and a licensee; between two or more service providers; between a service provider and a group of consumers; and to hear and dispose of appeal against any direction, decision or order of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The Tribunal, therefore, exercise both original and appellate jurisdiction. An appeal has been provided against the final order of the Appellate Tribunal to the Supreme Court under Section 18 of the Act. However, there is no appeal against the interlocutory orders of the Appellate Tribunal to the Supreme Court. Appeal to the Supreme Court Section 18 of the TRAI Act (as amended in 2000) provides that notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 or in any other law, an appeal shall lie against any order, not being an interlocutory order, of the Appellate Tribunal to the Supreme Court on one or more of the grounds specified in Section 100 of that Code It further says that no appeal shall lie against any decision or order made by the Appellate Tribunal with the consent of the parties. Every appeal under this section shall be preferred within a period of ninety days from the date of the decision or order appealed against. The proviso appended to the Section 18 says that the Supreme Court may entertain the appeal after the expiry of the said period of ninety days, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from preferring the appeal in time.